Science & Industry

Greetings,

After a short break, where I was envolved with a planetary excursion into the remote past of earth... [War Thunder Beta - oh fun], i am back... Saving EVE from rock incusions daily... while my once double digit eveboard online time rank has fallen into the low triples I am sure that will bounce back also...

I have decided on a new course of action, something rather different to key up my interest and I am wondering if anyone has some fresh imput into the idea or simply wants to tag along and so the same:

I have looked on mining in the past as a means of ISKcome - once mines, reprocesses and sells, and repeats... it was not fancy, but it certainly worked.

After the break, and apparently a flash back to "Indepedence Day" [the movie, not the holiday] - and that the aliens where in effect "locust" of space, going from place to place, consuming resources and building everything they needed along the way - what a great concept for EVE mining, R&D and Production... I have for the past few months prior to the break, toyed around with it - it seems to be very viable as a way of doing business...

I would like to know one how you might do this yourself, any key ideas on how the best way to do this, my own is "super-secret" at the moment, due to evil-doers in EVE doing evil stuff...lol... but the basics are:

Always mobile, so your more or less in a Mining RV, setup up as your mobile base and more or less house, hangars are used for pit-stops, and to use facilities (slots, mining dumping spots for ore and minerals, reprocessing, and missions, etc.. but no one place is home, it's simply use and abuse.

All used items, ships and such are self produced... T1, simple, and T2 with invention... making it totally self sufficient.

If anyone likes this idea and want to either comment on some best practices, ways to do it they think would be fun, or outstandingly profitable, or would like to try hanging around doing the same in a "hoard of space locust" munching on rocks... post here or PM me in game.

*Update*

I should also metion - If anyone is interested in trying to proof this concept - let me know, I am sticking to HS for now, and working on making POS setup and the logistics smooth and flowing.

A nomadic lifestyle does sound fun, But I feel you have a few things you will need to deal with. Flying a single ship and nomading around will be more and more difficult as you aquire more and more stuff. You will have to visit trade hubs regularly for the megacyte and zydrine, and Will have to have quite a large cargo hold to fit everything you need to move with.

I suggest you nomad into the unknown... Wormhole space. Basically You can fly an orca with a small pos and enough fuel to last a couple days into a system with lots of sites and is either empty or very small/inactive corp. Set up the small POS and the fuel, run the sites in your PvE ship, and PvP in your pvp ship all of which you brought in with the orca. After you have finished with the system and want to move on, fly your orca into the next wormhole system that opens up and set up shop there!

Obviously it would be quite dangerous doing this solo, and You will want to scout the systems in a scanner frigate before bringing your orca in, but it's an option for the adventurous.

Well, that would be more "Advanced Vagabondage" I think... I am thinking just moving between systems in HS, and using NPC stations for the time being, POS is possible but I want to wait until the POS changes to start doing the WH stuff....

Basically each person should have an Orca - with ships and junk mobile setup so you can basically dock up the orca, setup camp and when you want to pull stake, you are up and going again... I have gotten to the point I can make all my T2 ammo for mining from my own gear, which is a start, then modules and so on...

... the ultimate expression I suppose for this life style, would be to a have all the BPOs, skills and tools/materials that you could simply head off to somewhere, and the from scratch (ore and other materials) build everything you need... rather Robinson Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson-ish.

I can admit it does sound fun. but you are forgetting something. There are minerals you will need that you can not get in high sec unless you buy them. The only way this would truly work is in W-space or deep null.

An orca can hold and refit as need a T3 for combat, either PVE or PVP and a mining ship in its ship maintenance bay. What ever supplies you need you should have plenty of space. However if you start flying an ORCA around with a bunch of BPO's in it you will eventually get ganked. The ORCA no longer has the unscanable corp hanger. The new fleet hanger that replaced it has no divisions, can be scanned, and does drop loot. They still work well as a mobile base of operations, especially when you are in a system several jumps from a station, but this nomadic way of playing you describe, will make you very vulnerable even in high sec.

Don't forget in independence day(the movie) their technology was far superior to that of the world they invaded, and yet they still lost in the end. How much sooner would they have lost had their technology been on the same level as those they invaded.

Especially if you livestream it.

For some reason when I look at this idea I think "Wormhole Nomad"

Would be rather fun too have a corp that sets up shop only too build a few needed things then moves on too the next wormhole after a few days.

inb4: Space gypsy's

you could always just place station buy orders wherever you base your manufacture from, for the needed goods and supplies and place excess goods on market for sale right there on the spot and use that ISK to barter.

even nomads barter a little bit.

If you're going to be carting guns around with your POS (and you probably should), I'd use an Amarr Small. Laser ammo best ammo for nomadic living.

-Liang

I look at this and I know for a fact it is impractical and im sure would cost the nomad more than what he would earn (unless he never gets caught) but gosh darn it, It sounds like it would be a ton of fun

make sure too record your adventures if you actually do it.

sounds like the new features in odyssey will be right up your alley.

It is supposed to bring back the mystery and exploration of the unknown EVE had when it was new.

We will have to wait and see how it works out.